Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03

14A14 Wal 48 to1444 &oe4t II ~
lhat hs feels TIE obiiRation 10 keep ~
iant removed b. tAe decision Of the
eerest Raiiway Company-be always
replies with ENTHUSIASM. Is viii rsVo-
Infionizs the wsgid-n
Anybody WHO d1abts tbs praeticl
bilify Of eleetria motors for street. rail-
ways" be coutibned. ~shsald visit Bal
timsrs. There thsy have light moeor
running up and down hills worse than
here, With most fmpeFfsct roadway
The cars 10 along With load Of pas
senRsFs nscsssaEy 70 keep them down
on The track, bat She motors ksep WORT
ing right along vita them. IL ID an
illustration Of what can Be done under
unfavorabie conditious. They are pat
ting 10 another plant a PittsburRs
where they expect 20 climb - steep
grades a. We have here. found at all
points OF my travel other men and bod
les Of men cat on the same mission
thas Of examining into the practical
workings Of
TIE KLKcTRIc MOTOR,
With view Of putting in street cars,
etc. in different cities. In New York !
found q whole City Council making in
vestigation looking 10 the granting Of .
franchise. Add everywhere, from ell
Of these who bad seen anything OF q.
/ heard the exclamation, Wonderful!
Wonderful
"fhe sIeotric motor travels At the
rate Of fifteen miles an hour, carving
sixty 70 eighty passengers. At Port
Huron I saw them speed motor just
10 see what she could do, and twenty
miles an boar rolled behind it easily.
At Appleton, Wisconsin, the snow
knocked cut all the. roads and they
thought, Of course, the electric would
have 10 snceumb, but they hitched on
little snow pillow and vent ahead, and
the snow was thrown to enc side and
the other with the greatest apparent
ease. One instance vas given me OF
the possibilities OF the motor as used.
A car was to be transferred from oRe
end Of the line 10 the other and was at
taehed to the active 1ar or motor en-
route, the motor was loaded up and
people began 70 hang on the outside
and finally to climb into the attached
car and filed il Up. The conductor
counted 40 passengers and the motor
WENT ALONG
With them all without any trouble"
When asked as 30 how the car vas
operated, speed regulated, ETC., Mr.
Bean said ID was q most simple csn-
trivance. At the stations are the gen.
orators, which are enRines-one cylinder
revolving rapidly within another, which
BY means Of q wire connected in any
manner with the ground, has the effect
Of virtually pumping the electricity
from it, the connection between the
generator and the ground wire being
made BY means Of wire brushes. The
electricity Is distributed from another
arm Of the machine TO q wire that
stretches high above the tracks over the
entire route. A little machine rides
along on this called the traveller, and q
wire from il leads down into the front
Part Of the car. and the electricity thui
conveyed gives power TO the wheels OF
the motor there concealed 10 q box
These wheels turning carry with them
endless chains that after the manner oil
Q ratchet turn the front wheels of the
car. The conductor has complete con
troll over the car. By simply turn nG
the finger on q dial be regulates the
flow of the current and can run at ans
speed or stop in an instant. Going uI
Pacific avenue
ron INSTANCE,
Where stops may be frequent, he csI
travel at six miles an hour, and vheE
on the hill, with Old Town to make IN I
certain time. be can let her 90. There
| Is no question about the ability to elimk
chr eraok grade II il ratbar cnrinus Il
see the cars rolling along without Gny
4 II al
amused at an old couple saw in Lima
Ohio. They had iust come In from th'
| country, aud stood AZ the corner study
ing the possible utility Of the wire they
saw stretched high 10 the middle Of thl
street. The old man inquired OF citi
zen what 1t was for, and the citizsp ex
planned that u supplied power to {
street car, which would be along shortly
The old couple waited aud presently Z
car came along, and. as Il happened
stopped ct the corner. The little traveller
on the wire above ran on with its owl
momentum past the car to the end Of ia
string.
"'Hov do yen suppose that moves il
JohnP said the old lady.
"'Don't you see that little business
above therer said John, that pulls l
along
"The car started that moment, and IL
en- instant the little traveller was behind
The old lady was quick TO see, aud e
say that isn't IL, Joh1.'
THK CAR
Is pslline that little business alonC
now, WELL said the old tnaH, III
have 10 give Il up,' and they went on
completely mystitled IS to how the
thing was done. Bot wiser men than
they sre puzzled at the part electricity
/ 10 playing In affairs iust now. | saw q
machine shop In New York run ~ an
electric motor. The little machine
stood against the wall and took q.
scarcely more room than a paflor steve.
A wire came 10 at the window an FOR
that The proprietor paid 50 much rent
10 a BIG company, and that is all the
trouble be had bad. IL dispensed with
the necessity Of engine, engineer, boil.
ers, fuel, etc., at once. BE could lnaRe
bis power az the conductor does on the
car. When he had sufficient to run bis
lathes and drills. be stopped at that.
Each Of bis operators could shut Of HE
own supply when be wanted 20 stop bis
machine, by means OF 9 thnmscsew.
There are several companies in New
York or2anized for the purpose Of sup
plying power In this way. A shop can
engage With them fer any amount, eli
the way from one quarter to forty
horse power. One company controlling
100 horse power sells $50, and another
controlling the same sells a00-they
count on not sll their customers usire
81 the sane time. People run all sorts
Of machines, elevators, etc, with plEer
secured IN this vsy. Thefe are q gre al
many
BUS1 BRAINS
Engsged on this problem Of utilizing,
storing and distributing electrieity.
The question Of a good and cheAp con
ducsor is nov the most absorbing.
Copper wire, the enc most 10 uzs, Is
considered too costly. / isok forward
10 the time, however, when cur neigh
boring water falls vii be utilized as the
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